RichT
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Thanks! I'll give that a try.
I don't use a DSDT yet - still using a motley collection of kexts. In fact I don't really understand DSDTs at all, and I don't think I've ever seen one for my board.
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Hi all,
Running 10.8 installer as downloaded from the Mac App Store. MyHack installation goes normally but when I boot the Hackintosh from the modified 10.8 installer it shows Apple logo and spinning gear as normal then hangs on a plain white screen with a mouse pointer instead of starting the conventional OSX installer interface. My Hackintosh works perfectly in 10.7.4. Any ideas what might be causing the installer to hang?
System details:
- Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2P, rev 1.3, BIOS rev F1
- Realtek ALC889 audio codec
- Atheros AR8151 Gbit ethernet
- Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
- XFX Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition
- OS X Source Media: Install OS X Mountain Lion.app
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I'm Richard and I'm from London, UK.
I used a Hackintosh netbook for a while last year (Dell Inspiron Mini 10) before saving up enough to get a real Apple laptop. But that felt a bit like cheating, because Mini 10s were so popular as Hackintoshes that there are plenty of tools just for putting/customising OSX onto those machines, so you never had to get your hands dirty.
Now I'm turning my PC into a Hackintosh workstation because I do a lot of graphics/video editing in my spare time, I'm bored of waiting for a new Mac Pro, and I'm only working part-time so I don't want to drop big cash on an out-of-date and overpriced OSX workstation.
I've been using real Macs for a while now, which will hopefully be helpful... my Windows knowledge is a bit rusty as a result but I can still put hardware together with the best of them.
Cheers,
RT.
10.8 installation hangs on white screen
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Sorry for the delay in responding, I've been away.
Thanks especially to Conti - your advice worked perfectly, and 10.8.1 is now installed! Now I just have to play "hunt the kext..."
I still don't understand DSDTs - I have a text file for my motherboard but I don't understand how to install it as a DSDT, or how to "inject" things like my graphics card data into it. Is there a FAQ or workshop anyone can point me towards?